Italy: PV generation rose 11% in February

While overall electricity consumption fell 8.1% in Italy last month, photovoltaic power generation increased by 11.2%.

Cumulative photovoltaic capacity in Italy is said to total 16.5 GW.

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Italy’s total electricity consumption in February fell by 8.1% compared to the same period last year, equaling 25.7 billion kWh, according to the latest figures by Italian transmission grid operator, Terna. 83.2% of demand was met with national resources, while the remaining 16.8% was imported.

While net national production – 21.6 billion kWh – fell 14.7% year-on-year, renewable energy production increased, with wind power growing 19.1% and photovoltaic power 11.2%.

Italian Energy Agency, GSE’s latest figures show cumulative capacity to be 16.5 GW, spread across 494,567 photovoltaic systems. Under Italy’s five feed-in tariff schemes, €6.5 billion has been paid out to photovoltaic projects. When the total reaches €6.7 billion, tariffs will no longer be paid.